KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Facility, the STS-96 crew looks over equipment during a payload Interface Verification Test for the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. From left a More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) for the upcoming mission to the International Space Station , Chris Jaskolka of Boeing points out a piece of equipment in the SPA More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Facility, (left to right) STS-96 Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Julie Payette and Ellen Ochoa work the straps on the Sequential Shunt Unit (SSU) in fron More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Facility, STS-96 Mission Specialist Julie Payette closes a container, part of the equipment to be carried on the SPACEHAB and mission STS-96. She and other crew mem More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Facility, (from left) STS-96 Mission Specialist Julie Payette, Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa learn about the Sequential Shunt Unit (SSU) in More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) in the SPACEHAB Facility, STS-96 Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa (on the left) and Mission Specialist Julie More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) for their upcoming mission to the International Space Station, STS-96 Mission Specialists Julie Payette, Dan Barry, and Valery To More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Posing on the platform next to the SPACEHAB Logistics Double Module in the SPACEHAB Facility are the STS-96 crew (from left) Mission Specialists Dan Barry, Tamara Jernigan, Valery More
In the SPACEHAB Facility, STS-96 Mission Specialists Dan Barry and Tamara Jernigan discuss procedures during a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) for their upcoming mission to the International Space Sta More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Facility, the STS-96 crew looks at equipment as part of a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) for their upcoming mission to the International Space Station . More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) in the SPACEHAB Facility, STS-96 Mission Specialist Tamara Jernigan checks over instructions while Mission Specialist Dan Barry l More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Facility, STS-96 crew members look over equipment during a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) for their upcoming mission to the International Space Station. More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Facility, STS-96 Mission Specialist Valery Tokarev (in foreground) of the Russian Space Agency closes a container, part of the equipment that will be in the SPACEHA More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Facility, STS-96 Mission Specialist Valery Tokarev of Russia (left) and Commander Kent Rominger (second from right) listen to Lynn Ashby (far right), with JSC, talk More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) in the SPACEHAB Facility, STS-96 Mission Specialist Valery Tokarev of Russia (second from left) and Commander Kent Rominger learn More
Two Shuttle crews take part in familiarization activities at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla. From left are STS-101 Mission Specialist Jeffrey N. Williams and Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko, with the Russian Space Age More
Two Shuttle crews take part in familiarization activities at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla. From left are STS-96 Mission Specialists Daniel T. Barry and Tamara E. Jernigan, and Pilot Rick Douglas Husband; plus S More
At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., technicians with DaimlerChrysler Aerospace and RSC Energia of Korolev, Russia, maneuver a Russian cargo crane, the Strela, which is to be mounted to the exterior of the Russian More
At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., STS-96 Mission Specialists Tamara E. Jernigan and Daniel T. Barry take turns working with a Russian cargo crane, the Strela, which is to be mounted to the exterior of the Russi More
At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., members of two Shuttle crews look at components of a Russian cargo crane, the Strela, to be mounted to the exterior of the Russian station segment on the International Space St More
At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., members of two Shuttle crews get a close look at components of a Russian cargo crane, the Strela, to be mounted to the exterior of the Russian station segment on the Internatio More
At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., members of two Shuttle crews take a close look at a component of a Russian cargo crane, the Strela, to be mounted to the exterior of the Russian station segment on the Internat More
At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., members of two Shuttle crews take a close look at components of a Russian cargo crane, the Strela, to be mounted to the exterior of the Russian station segment on the Internati More
At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., STS-96 Mission Speciaists Daniel T. Barry (left), Julie Payette (center, with camera), and Tamara E. Jernigan (right, pointing) get a close look at one of the payloads on their More
Workers move a box containing a segment of the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) into the Space Station Processing Facility at KSC. It joins two other segments for a More
Workers uncrate a segment of the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Space Station Processing Facility at KSC. It joins two other segments for a campaign of prel More
Workers guide a segment of the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) past the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module in the Space Station Processing Facility at KSC. The More
Workers guide a segment of the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Space Station Processing Facility at KSC. It joins two other segments for a campaign of prelau More
Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility raise a segment of the Canadian Space Agency's Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to move it to a workstand. CSA's first contribution to the Interna More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Bldg. (O&C), an overhead crane is centered over the S0 truss segment before lowering. The crane will move it to a workstand in the O&C where it w More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers begin removing the cover from the S0 truss segment after it was moved inside the Operations and Checkout Bldg. (O&C) for processing. The truss arrived at the SLF aboard a " More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After landing at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, the "Super Guppy" transport aircraft opens to reveal its cargo, a S0 (S Zero) truss segment, from Boeing in Huntington Beach, Calif More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, workers watch as a S0 (S Zero) truss segment built for the International Space Station (ISS) is moved out of the "Super Guppy" aircraft that brou More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Bldg. (O&C), an overhead crane moves the S0 truss segment toward a workstand. The S0 truss will undergo processing in the O&C during which the Canad More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Bldg. (O&C), workers (at left) watch over the maneuvering of the overhead crane toward the S0 truss segment below it. The S0 truss will undergo p More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The "Super Guppy" transport aircraft approaches the runway at the KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. On board is the S0 (S Zero) truss segment, from Boeing in Huntington Beach, Calif. More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Bldg. (O&C), an overhead crane removes the cover from the S0 truss segment beneath it. The S0 truss will undergo processing in the O&C during whi More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, workers finish loading the S0 truss segment onto a flatbed trailer for transfer to the Operations and Checkout Bldg. for processing. The truss ar More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, workers load the S0 truss segment onto a flatbed trailer for its transfer to the Operations and Checkout Bldg. for processing. The truss arrived More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, the "Super Guppy" transport aircraft touches down on the runway. On board the aircraft is the S0 (S Zero) truss segment, from Boeing in Huntingto More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), overhead cranes are fitted around the S0 truss segment to move it onto a flatbed trailer which will transfer it to the Operations and Check More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Bldg. (O&C), an overhead crane moves the S0 truss segment toward a workstand. The S0 truss will undergo processing in the O&C during which the Canadi More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The S0 truss segment is moved into the Operations and Checkout Bldg. (O&C) for processing. The truss arrived at the SLF aboard a "Super Guppy" aircraft from Boeing in Huntington, C More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - A transporter (right) is moved into place to remove a S0 (S Zero) truss segment (left) from inside the "Super Guppy" aircraft that brought it to KSC from Boeing in Huntington Beac More
At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), the last segment is lifted over the top of NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite already encased in a protective canister. The satellite More
At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), workers get ready to finish erecting the canister around NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite at left. At right is the last segment whi More
Workers in the launch tower at Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, help guide the first segment of the fairing around NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite. The satellite is sch More
A worker in the launch tower at Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, watches as the first segment of the fairing is maneuvered around NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite. The s More
Workers in the launch tower at Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, help guide the first segment of the fairing around NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite. The satellite is sch More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Super Guppy airplane, with the International Space Station's (ISS) S1 truss aboard, arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility from Marshall Space Flight Center. Manufactured More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Super Guppy airplane, with the International Space Station's (ISS) S1 truss aboard, rolls to a stop at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in Hunt More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Escort vehicles prepare to leave the Shuttle Landing Facility with the S1 truss (at right) on its trek to the Operations and Checkout Building. Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in Hu More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, NASA's Super Guppy opens to reveal its cargo, the International Space Station's (ISS) S1 truss. Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in Huntington Beac More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building, a strongback is lowered toward the S1 truss below it in order to lift the truss from the Guppy cargo carrier that protected it during f More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building, the top of the Guppy cargo carrier is lifted off the S1 truss (background). Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach, Calif., More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, workers attach cranes to the S1 truss, a segment of the International Space Station, to lift the truss to a payload transporter for its transfer to More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the newly arrived S1 truss, a segment of the International Space Station (ISS), is offloaded from NASA's Super Guppy aircraft. Manufactured by the More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building, the S1 truss, a segment of the International Space Station, is lowered toward workstand number three. Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building, the S1 truss, a segment of the International Space Station, is moved toward workstand number three. Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in H More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A KSC transporter moves the Guppy cargo carrier encasing the S1 truss into the Operations and Checkout Building. Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach, Calif., this co More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building, a strongback lifts the S1 truss from the Guppy cargo carrier that protected it during flight and transfer. Manufactured by the Boeing C More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the S1 truss, a segment of the International Space Station, is moved away from the Super Guppy that brought it to KSC from Marshall Space Flight Ce More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, workers watch as the nose of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft opens to reveal its cargo, a component for the International Space Stat More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building, overhead cranes lift another segment of the International Space Station (ISS), the port-side P3 truss, from its shipping container. The More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Super Guppy aircraft arrives at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. The plane carries a component for the International Space Station (ISS), the port-side P3 tr More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers adjust connection of the port-side P3 truss on its workstand in the Operations and Checkout Building. The truss is a segment of the International Space Station (ISS), the s More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building, overhead cranes move a segment of the International Space Station (ISS), the port-side P3 truss, toward a workstand. The truss is sched More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Operations and Checkout Building oversee the movement of a segment of the International Space Station (ISS), the port-side P3 truss, onto a workstand. The truss is s More
With its cargo off-loaded (background), the nose cone of the Super Guppy aircraft is closed. The cargo is a P3 port-side truss, a segment of the International Space Station (ISS). The truss is scheduled to be a More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the waning afternoon light, cranes secure the P3 truss on the transporter while a tractor and driver wait to move it to the Operations and Checkout Building. The second port-sid More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers secure the P3 truss on the transporter for the trip to the Operations and Checkout Building. The second port-side truss is a segment of the International Space Station (ISS More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building, cranes lift the top of the shipping container containing the port-side P3 truss, a segment of the International Space Station (ISS). Th More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Super Guppy aircraft arrives at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. The plane carries a component for the International Space Station (ISS), the port-side P3 tr More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the cargo of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft begins rolling out onto a payload transporter. The cargo is a P3 port-side truss, a seg More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Rolling out of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft aboard a payload transporter is a port-side P3 truss, a component for the International Space Station (ISS). The truss is scheduled to be More
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers check the ring on the upper segment of a solid rocket booster (SRB) before mating it to the one below. The SRB is part of the stack for the STS-92 mission, scheduled fo More
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers check the lower segment of a solid rocket booster (SRB) before mating it to the one above. The SRB is part of the stack for the STS-92 mission, scheduled for launch Oct More
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers check the ring on the upper segment of a solid rocket booster (SRB) before mating it to the one below. The SRB is part of the stack for the STS-92 mission, scheduled fo More
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers check the lower segment of a solid rocket booster (SRB) to be mated to the one above. The SRB is part of the stack for the STS-92 mission, scheduled for launch Oct. 5 f More
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers check the lower segment of a solid rocket booster (SRB) to be mated to the one above. The SRB is part of the stack for the STS-92 mission, scheduled for launch Oct. 5 f More
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers check the lower segment of a solid rocket booster (SRB) before mating it to the one above. The SRB is part of the stack for the STS-92 mission, scheduled for launch Oct More
One of two solid rocket booster rail cars is off the track after being involved in a minor derailment incident during a routine movement on the tracks. The rail cars were being moved as part of a standard opera More
One of two solid rocket booster rail cars is off the track after being involved in a minor derailment incident during a routine movement on the tracks. The rail cars were being moved as part of a standard opera More
The railroad tracks are under repair at Kennedy Space Center. This section of track is located on KSC property, just north of the NASA Causeway in the KSC Industrial Area. The repairs were required following th More
The railroad tracks are under repair at Kennedy Space Center. This section of track is located on KSC property, just north of the NASA Causeway in the KSC Industrial Area. The repairs were required following th More
The railroad tracks are under repair at Kennedy Space Center. This section of track is located on KSC property, just north of the NASA Causeway in the KSC Industrial Area. The repairs were required following th More
The railroad tracks are under repair at Kennedy Space Center. This section of track is located on KSC property, just north of the NASA Causeway in the KSC Industrial Area. The repairs were required following th More
Railroad track repairs have been completed at Kennedy Space Center. This section of track is located on KSC property, just north of the NASA Causeway in the KSC Industrial Area. The repairs were required follow More
Railroad track repairs have been completed at Kennedy Space Center. This section of track is located on KSC property, just north of the NASA Causeway in the KSC Industrial Area. The repairs were required follow More
Railroad track repairs have been completed at Kennedy Space Center. This section of track is located on KSC property, just north of the NASA Causeway in the KSC Industrial Area. The repairs were required follow More
Railroad track repairs have been completed at Kennedy Space Center. This section of track is located on KSC property, just north of the NASA Causeway in the KSC Industrial Area. The repairs were required follow More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The P4 truss, which arrived via truck from Tulsa, Okla., is backed into the Space Station Processing Facility. Part of the 10-truss, girder-like structure that will ultimately exte More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The P4 truss arrives via truck from Tulsa, Okla. Part of the 10-truss, girder-like structure that will ultimately extend the length of a football field, the P4 is the second port t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The P4 truss, which arrived via truck from Tulsa, Okla., is backed into the Space Station Processing Facility. Part of the 10-truss, girder-like structure that will ultimately exte More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The P4 truss arrives via truck from Tulsa, Okla. Part of the 10-truss, girder-like structure that will ultimately extend the length of a football field, the P4 is the second port t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, workers get ready to lower the International Space Station’s P4 truss onto a workstand. Part of the 10-truss, girder-like structure that More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Suspended by an overhead crane in the Space Station Processing Facility, the International Space Station’s P4 truss moves toward a workstand. Below and behind it on the floor is t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its move across the Space Station Processing Facility, the International Space Station’s P4 truss rests in its workstand. Part of the 10-truss, girder-like structure that wi More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Suspended by an overhead crane in the Space Station Processing Facility, the International Space Station’s P4 truss moves toward a workstand. Below and behind it on the floor is t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane moves the P4 truss to a workstand. Part of the 10-truss, girder-like structure that will ultimately extend the length o More